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Table 4 Associations of state, management system, age and breed with Campylobacter fetus infection in bulls in three northern states of Nigeria: results of a multivariable logistic regression model

From: Prevalence of bovine genital campylobacteriosis and trichomonosis of bulls in northern Nigeria

Variable

Odds ratio

95% CI

P

State

   

  Kaduna

1*

–

–

  Adamawa

10.1

4.0, 25.5

<0.01

  Kano

1.3

0.5, 3.5

0.61

Management system

   

  Zero-grazing

1*

–

–

  Commercial

1.9

0.3, 10.8

0.47

  Agro-pastoral

1.5

0.5, 4.6

0.44

  Pastoral

7.3

2.2, 24.3

<0.01

Age

   

  <4 years

0.9

0.2, 4.6

0.91

  4-5 years

1*

–

–

  5-7 years

1.3

0.7, 2.2

0.42

  >7 years

3.4

1.3, 8.7

0.01

Breed

   

  Bunaji

1*

–

–

  Gudali

1.4

0.7, 3.1

0.34

  Bos taurus

4.2

0.9, 18.9

0.06

  B. taurus × B. indicus

1.6

0.4, 6.6

0.51

  Other B. indicus

1.1

0.4, 3.3

0.81

  1. *Reference level.